A US farm breeds pigs for human kidney transplants On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs ...
In just a few years, a handful of surgeries in US hospitals have brought animal-to-human transplants, or xenotransplantation, out of the realm of science fiction.
2024 marked a big year for the field of xenotransplantation, with surgical teams at several health systems completing historic procedures that could pave the way for broader adoption of ...